Rahul Gandhi: "The brutal rape of 8-year-olds in Mandsaur is disgusting, must protect our kids"

Rahul Gandhi, head of the congress, on the Mandsaur gang rape case. (File)

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi expressed his anguish over the gang rape of an 8-year-old girl in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh and called for the nation to come together to protect her children.

In Mandsaur, MP, an 8-year-old girl was kidnapped and raped as a group, and is fighting for her life. The brutality suffered by this young child makes me sick. As a nation, we must unite to protect our children and bring the attackers to justice swiftly.

– Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) June 30, 2018

By the way, Madhya Pradesh's chief minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, said: the rape case is a shock for all the world and people who commit such hate crimes should be hanged. "The case of rape that happened in Mandsaur shocked everyone, we all want people who have committed such an heinous crime to be hanged to death." Human rights are for humans , not for the demons.The incident occurred on Tuesday when the child would have been attracted to the accused while she was waiting for her father after school, which was She was raped her throat was split.

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Police arrested Irfan, 20, a day after the incident and a rape case, kidnapping under the POCSO law was registered against him, he was placed in custody for five days.The second defendant in the Asif (24 years old) was arrested Friday in Mandsaur, said Mandsaur SP Manoj Singh at The Indian Express. On Saturday, Singh also said that since the victim is currently not able to register her statement a challan will be dropped after she has spoken to the police.

Physicians treating the victim at Indore Hospital Friday said that she had been severely badaulted and they had to perform two surgeries on her. According to the doctors, her condition improved but she was still suffering from a mental trauma

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The incident sparked protests in Mandsaur and in the environs of Pipliyamandi, Garoth, Naryanpura, Jaora, Indore, Dewas and Agar-Malwa to demand the death penalty for the defendants.

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